Quiz 2

Question 1

Two results of family stress

Answer 1

1. Pressure or tension on the status quo

2. Disrupts family homeostasis

Question 2

Two ways stress gets problematic in a family

Answer 2

1. Dissatisfied

2. decreased functioning.

Question 3

Way Stress is adversity that tests the family system and its members

Answer 3

Tests adaptability & tolerance.

Question 4

Four S’s

Answer 4

1. Seen: A child needs to have their inner life attended to by caregiver. “Feeling Felt”.
2. Soothe: Caregiver is gonna carry out an action which makes me feel calmer when in distress.
3. Safety: Attachment system is formed to protect the child. Protected from harm and caregiver is not the source of harm or terror.
4. Security: Supports resilience. Be able to come back and repair (no such thing as ‘perfect parent’) and then move on providing prior “S”’s.

Question 5

Three P’s

Answer 5

1. Presence: Aware of what’s happening when it’s happening. You can cultivate presence.
2. Parenting: Provide the four S’s.
3. Planet: Job as parent is raising your children to respect and love nature/Earth.

Question 6

Two R’s

Answer 6

1. Reactive state :(Fight, Flight, Freeze, of Faint). You can not parent in a reactive state. Repair? Move from reactive to receptive.
2. Receptive state: Feeling calm. Differentiated.

Question 7

One M

Answer 7

MWE: (we, others, Earth) Integrated Identity, self with others and planet Earth.

Question 8

3 systems

Answer 8

Subsystem: Individual members, dyads, triangles in a family system.
Systems: Family or other emotional bond group.
Suprasystem: Larger social constructs (historical, cultural, economic, developmental (adolescence), etc.).

Question 9

Adaption:

Answer 9

Adaptation: Ability to regenerate or grow from stressors.

Question 10

Resilience and two factors

Answer 10

Resilience: The specific protective and flexibility factors in a family.

1. Represents a shift from pathology to coping to strengths.
2. Represents a shift from individual resilience to systemic resilience.

Question 11

Double ABC-X Model (Pg. 50)

Answer 11

Pre-crisis > Crisis > Post-crisis > Time >
If There is already a crisis with a pre-existing stressor, smaller stressor will build up and any little stressor will turn into crisis.

Question 12

4 factors of double ABC-X

Answer 12

Coping strategies
Perception
Existing & new resources
Bon Adaption < Adaptation > Maladaptation.

Question 13

Everyday hassle and 3 rules

Answer 13

Everyday Hassles: Frequent & common stressors.

1. Both anticipated and unanticipated events.
2. Distinct from severe but recurrent events such as racism.
3. Distinct from major life events such as loss of a loved one.

Question 14

Feminist perspective of everyday hassles

Answer 14

The meaning given for roles in the family & the division of stressors (both work responsibilities & worry) have an unbalanced impact on women.

Question 15

4 Roles: Specific Complexities for Women (on average)

Answer 15

1. Meaning
2. More work at home
3. More worry
4. Does not feel voluntary.

Question 16

Vulnerability-Stress-Adaption Model (Pg. 73).

Answer 16

Chance occurrences + Everyday Hassles > interact with adaptive processes > adaptive processes interact with everyday hassles > which interact with the family’s well-being. All interact with Enduring Vulnerabilities

Question 17

Ten Dimensions of Family Stress (All on a continuum):

Answer 17

1. Internal vs. External
2. Pervasive vs. Bounded
3. Precipitate Onset vs. Gradual Onset
4. Intense vs. Mild
5. Transitory vs. Chronic
6. Random vs. Expected
7. Natural vs. Artificial generation.
8. Scarcity vs. Surplus
9. Insolvable vs. Solvable (Perceived)
10. Substantive Content